Fig. 1

Effect of curcumin on the proliferation of capillary endothelial cells. Cells were grown in the presence or absence of bFGF and doses of curcumin ranging from 0 to 20 µM curcumin. The y-axis denotes the cell number after 72 hr. (A) Effect of curcumin on primary capillary endothelial cells stimulated with 1 ng/ml of bFGF. (B) Effect of curcumin on the proliferation of unstimulated primary capillary endothelial cells. (C) Effect of curcumin on immortalized endothelial cells. The error bars represent standard error of the mean.